Hair clip



D. WEBBER HAIR CLIP Dec. 26, 1933.

Filed April 13, 1933 A i 7 k A E 52: EZTQV Q Zmventor (Ittomegs PatentedDec; 26, 1933 a 4 Claims.

The object of this invention is to provide a device for working upon thehuman hair, the device comprising a clip and a keeper, each of novelform, the novel means being provided for i 5 detachably and pivotallyassembling the parts mentioned. I i

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains. I

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription'proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes-in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of What is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 shows the article in plan,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation,

Fig. 3 is a plan of the clip, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the keeper.

The device herein disclosed is made of resilient material, preferablymetal. It embodies a clip C, shown in Fig. 3, and a keeper K, shown inFig. 4.

The clip C comprises a coiled spring 1, the terminal portions 2 of whichare prolonged to form resilient convolutions 3, having a common axis,and that axis being approximately at right angles to the axis of thecoiled spring 1. The convolutions 3 are extended to fashion resilientarms 4 and 5, which are overlapped on each other insuch a way that theywill open and close in a direction parallel to the axis of the spring 1,and at right angles to 'the axis of the convolutions 3.v

The arm 5 may be plain, and is a little longer than the arm 4, leavingan end 6 on the arm 5, which projects beyond the end 7 of the arm 4. Thearm 4 is transversely corrugated, as at 8, and the end 7 of the arm 4diverges from the end 6 of the arm 5. a

Because of the aforesaid divergence, and because the end 6 of the arm 5projects beyond the end 7 of the arm 4, the hair can be introducedreadily between the arms 4 and 5. The arms 4 and 5 tend to closetogether, due to 3 their inherent resiliency, the resilient coils 3 tendto close the arms 4 and 5 together, and the spring 1 also tends to closethem together. The spring 1 has another function, in that it tends tobring the arms 4 and 5 back tothe overlapped relation of Fig. 3, shouldthe arms be sprawled apart laterally, in the direction of the arrows Ain Fig. 3.

The device as thus far described embraces only the clip C shown in Fig.3. The clip C can be used alone, like the well-known bobby pin, theoperation of which. is a matter-of such common knowledge that it neednot be gone into here.

The clip C of Fig. 3, however, has other uses, in that it may beemployed in connection with the loop-shaped keeper K of Fig. 4.

The keeper K of Fig. 4 is-resilient, and it ineludes ,side members 10,connected by an end piece 11 provided intermediate its ends with aU-shaped seat 12 that projects at right angles to the plane defined bythe side members 10. At that end of the keeper K which is remote fromthe end piece 11, the side members 10 have inwardly projectingextensions 14, terminating in fingers 15, which are arrangedapproximately parallel tothe side members 10.

.The end of a 'wisp of hair can be engaged between the arms 4 and 5 ofthe clip C, and the clip can be rotated to wind the hair around theclip. A wave of hair can be engaged between the arms 4 and 5 of the clipC. The clip 0, carrying either the roll of hair, or the wave of hair, isassembled with the keeper K, and the hair will 30 be held in shape. Manyother ways of employing the device will suggest themselves to the user.

The manner of assemblingthe clip C of Fig. 3 with the keeper K of Fig. 4is as follows: l

The extensions 14 of the keeper K are engaged 35 in the convolutions oreyes 3 of the clip C, the fingers 15 being located between the eyesv 3,as in Fig. 1, so that the extensions 14 cannot escape from the eyes. Theclip then is swung through the keeper K, so as to bind the hair that isengaged with the clip against the'side members 10 of the keeper, and theend 6 ofthe arm 5 is engaged in the seat 12 of the keeper.

The clip'C is swung through the keeper K, to engage the end '6 of thearm 5 in the seat 12 of 5 the keeper by the clip laterally in Fig. 1,until the end 6 of the arm 5 is near to one of the corners 16 of thekeeper, the outwardly bowed side members 10 of the keeper being pressedinwardly a little, to elongate the keeper.

The clip C is an article capable of being used alone, and the clip andthe keeper K, when assembled, constitute another article; yet, althoughthe clip' may be used alone, all of its parts have functions when it isused in conjunction with the keeper. I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a clip comprising a coiledspring, the terminal portions of which are prolonged to form resilientconvolutions the axes of which are approximately at right angles to theaxis of the coiled spring, the convolutions being extended to fashionresilient arms overlapped upon each other for opening and closingmovement in a direction approximately parallel to the axis of the coiledspring.

2. The clip of claim 1, in combination with a loop-shaped keeperprovided at one end with transversely-spaced, inwardly-extended parts,which are detachably and pivotally engaged in the convolutions of theclip, one end of the clip being detachably-engageable with that end ofthe keeper which is remote from said transversely-spaced parts.

3. The clip of claim 1, in combination with a loop-shaped keeperprovided atone end with transversely-spaced, inwardly-extended parts,which are detachably and pivotally engaged in and saidtransversely-spaced parts furthermore having retaining fingers disposedbetween the eyes of the clip, one end of the clip beingdetachably-engageable with that end of the keeper which is remote fromsaid transversely-spaced parts. I

DANIEL WEBBER.

